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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Baharyia Oases Attractions: 7 attractions to visit in Bahariya Oases

(1) Temple of Alexander:

The temple of Alexander the Great
located in the Bahariya Oasis, about three miles East the old capital of
Al-Qasr. the Temple has the distinction of being the Macedonian ruler's only
known temple in Egypt. IT was built during Alexander's lifetime and dedicated
to Amun and Horus.

Also known as Bawati Museum or the Mummy Hall, the museum contains
discoveries from a vast cache of mummies found in Bahariya. The Greco-Roman
mummies were found by chance when a donkey stumbled into a hole in the desert
in 1996.

The Temple of Ain el-Muftella may
have once served as the city center of El Qasr which is today the modern town
of Bawiti in the Bahariya Oasis. It was most likely built around the time of
the 26th Dynasty, though some sections of the temple may date from earlier in
the New Kingdom. The temple was probably added to by both the Greeks, and later
the Romans. Most of the temple sections were built by a high priest
named Zed-Khonsu-efankh who's brother, Sheben-Khonsu was governor of the
district during the reign of Ahmose II. After the death of Sheben-Khonsu,
Zed-Khonsu-efankh also took on his brother's role as governor.

the tomb, located at Garet-Helwa,
about two miles south of Bahariya's modern capital, Bawiti (ancient El Qasr),
was discovered by George Steindorff in 1900. The tomb can be dated between the
late 18th and early 19th Dynasty, which traditionally made it the oldest known
tomb in the Oasis. However, recent excavation appears to be turning up some
tombs that predate this one. It is very possible that tombs form the 12th
Dynasty may even turn up.

Oasis Heritage Museum located about
2 km East of the Bawiti town’s edge on the road to Cairo, it created by Mahmoud
Eed, a self-taught artist inspired by Badr in Farafra. Some feel that his
fired-clay statues are more expressive than Badr's, but Mahmoud has yet to
enjoy the same success abroad.

The 2000-year-old cemetery was found
when the donkey of an antiquities guard stumbled into a hole at the side of the
road about 6km south of Bawiti, near the ruined Temple of Alexander. Further
investigations revealed what could be the most spectacular discovery since
Howard Carter opened the tomb of Tutankhamun

This tomb is undergoing conservation
measures in order to save its still vibrantly colored decorations. Entering the
tomb, now by way of a metal stairway, directly to the right of the entrance is
a painted image of the tomb owner. He has a shaved head and stands behind
Anubis, who is introducing him to Amun, in the form of Kamutef, the "bull
of (Amun's) mother", and Horus. Three hieroglyphic lines for this scene
translate as "words spoken by Anubis, Lord of the Cemetery, the great god
Lord of Hetret.